Former Northiam Post Office with the house attached is a Grade II listed building in the Rother local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 May 1987. Post office, house. 1 related planning application.
Former Northiam Post Office with the house attached
- WRENN ID
- sacred-spandrel-fog
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rother
- Constituency
- Bexhill and Battle MP: Dr Kieran Mullan (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 May 1987
- Type
- Post office, house
- Address
- Former Northiam Post Office with the house attached, Forge House, Main Street, Rye, TN31 6LA
- OS grid reference
- TQ 825 248
- Coordinates
- 50.99372, 0.60018
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The property is a former post office with an attached house, forming an L-shaped building. The north wing dates to the 18th century, displaying two storeys and an attic with a single dormer window. It is constructed of painted brick with a tiled roof, and has casement windows. A doorway is topped by a flat hood supported on brackets. A gabled addition, the south wing, was added later. The building holds group value for its contribution to the character of the area.
Local climate
Former Northiam Post Office with the house attached sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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